First Post-Covid Live Event Recap

Happy Monday Friends! I hope you were able to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather over the weekend! I attended my first juried show since before the pandemic started at Powell Gardens just outside Kansas City a few weeks ago. This was kind of my test run to see if people were getting back out and attending these events, and I was so happy to see how many people showed up!

I really had so much fun over the weekend, I did not even realize how much I missed getting out meeting and talking to people! I love hearing your stories and meeting new artists and art enthusiasts. One woman picked out her first piece of art for her new home, a pair of sweet triplets helped their parents pic out some art to gift Grandma, as well as for their own home. Another couple picked out a print from the strong women collection of mom + baby girl for her daughter’s new big girl room. So many stories and smiles were shared (even under masks) and it was a breath of fresh air to me.

My younger two kiddos and the hubs came to help me in the afternoon on Sunday, just in time to help tear down. :) I had not stepped away from my booth to eat for 6 hours, so my middle daughter took over while I walked about. She’s participated in a few craft shows with her bracelets and has that entrepreneurial spirit, so it was so much fun watching her take over for me and sell a few prints. And she was so proud of herself too. May have just been the best few hours of the weekend.

I wish I’d gotten a few more pictures, especially of her running the booth, but documenting was just not on my brain as much this weekend, especially by the time Sunday rolled around.

The biggest show stopper in booth #26 was these mini florals…..which was a relief they were such a hit because I loved doing them so much I ended up with 45 mini’s with easels. Yikes! A little more than half of them were scooped up at the event and my e-mail subscribers grabbed the rest last week. I’m so excited to have so many of these tiny conversation starters out there. They are so fun! (And if you missed out, they’ll likely be some back in time for Christmas )

Art shows are no joke when it comes to work…….I closed my exercise ring twice on Sunday with tear down and the long jaunt to the vehicle. I took last week a little slower after the show, this week I’m easing back in with a couple commissions and deciding which future shows I wan’t to apply to. Know any good ones in your area? Tell me about them in the comments!

Rhonda